# Protocol Overview

Convergence is an agnostic [Convex](https://www.convexfinance.com/)-like layer that will be deployed on top of various DeFi protocols, starting with [Stake DAO](https://stakedao.org/), and [Convex Finance](https://www.convexfinance.com/).

To accumulate governance rights over these protocols while optimizing their underlying yield, Convergence mixes various mechanisms (*gauges*, *staked assets tokenization,* and *bonding*) from 3 different protocols: [Curve](https://classic.curve.fi/), Convex, and [OlympusDAO](https://www.olympusdao.finance/).

As Convergence's purpose is to act as a *governance black hole* as well as a *liquidity-providing incentivizer*, the aggregation strategy will be focused on *liquidity protocols* first. 

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[Curve](https://curve.fi/whitepaper), [Convex](https://docs.convexfinance.com/convexfinance/), [OlympusDAO](https://docs.olympusdao.finance/main/basics/readme), and [Stake DAO](https://stakedao.gitbook.io/stakedaohq/)'s whitepapers
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A governance token (**`CVG`**) is implemented to ensure the functioning of the protocol. Moreover, yields generated by Convergence, either by internal or external growth, are redistributed to stakeholders (governance participants) as dividends, thanks to a novel revenue distribution mechanism (called the *Govearn* mechanism).